Barajas

Barajas

2021 · 61 min · ★ 2.0 · Documentary

Explores the tragic death of Angel Rama, Marta Traba, Manuel Scorza and Jorge Ibargüengoitia on an airplane crash near Madrid in 1983. Through the biographies of these four authors –each one from a different part of Latin America- the film explores this continent´s history in the second half of the 20th century, full of social unrest, revolutions and dictatorships that influenced a whole generation.

Directed by Javier Izquierdo · Written by Javier Izquierdo

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